Thank you for your question, Mr. Blanchette-Joncas.
The Fonds de recherche du Québec's structure isn't all that different from the federal structure. The three agencies were combined into a single agency. In Quebec, the conditions are a bit different from those in the rest of Canada in terms of community, regional and language differences. The three disciplinary communities are different, so their needs and expectations have to be met through the three agencies. As Mr. Adem mentioned, the model works well.
In addition, the three agencies' programs work quite well and are administered by SSHRC. I'm referring to the Canada research chairs program, programming related to the indirect costs of research and the Canada first research excellence fund, for instance. Spending on those programs is a lot higher than it is for individual programming, in order to support the three disciplines here, in Canada, across all fields.
When all is said and done, our model isn't much different from Quebec's, but it does have other benefits to better support Canada's various communities.